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MKMES ASPUEN, (3F CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

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5 Jersey, here invented eertainnew end useful Improvements in separable Boots, of which thefollowing is s specification. v

My invention relaties to improvements in boats; and the objeet of my invention is to furnish a. separable best 'which tney be reedily teken .spart or put together. My sepernbie boet is particularly intended for use upon streams which ere navigable onlyin times of freshets.- i it may be teken epert end carried other conveyance, `when it may be pntv to gether and loaded, and et e. suiteblestege of water it `ninety be floated downstream to its destination, when the cargo may be discharged and the boat taken apart egsin end returned in pieoesito its stertingpoint'. My sepereble bont is also well adapted for siiipmenttoplaees dieult of access or to foreign countries.

In the? atc'eompnnying drawings, forming U. peut of this specification, end 1n which simuler letters of referenee indicate similar parts throughout the several views, Figure l is e. plan oi' ,my sepersble boeit; 2, e section of Fig. l on line l. i2, ond Fig. 3 o. section of Fig. l on ei.

The forni L ico`ln7'7 ,A t sind-straight sides. l

Y The bottom of beet is eonstrueted of e number of tongueftndgrooved planks, o, which preferably run thwertships oi' the botti. n The sides of the boot are oonstruoted of 'tongue-andgrooved planks b, which run fore yand ett of the boat, and the ends are constructed of similar planks c, which. extend from one side to the other.

rl are rods running lengthwise of the boat and near its bottom, ond which pass through the endsc of the boat. The ends of these rods are threaded., end e ere nuts placed upon them, erid-wl1leh beer egntinst ends c of the boat and t thetoonlmonly celled t' bottoni, sqnsre ends,

ineens oi? Ldell these ends tney be drawn in, so is to neer egsinst thebottoin hoorde o. The rods LZ pass through screw 5o eyes or staples d, which are secured to the bottom boards o. These screw eyes or staples to the heed-waters of thestreatm by wagon or' formalin@ mttll't'oli" l'irttmtiwm. @9,241, tinted Mnreh di, 1mm.. ilpplicstiun flied July. d, mil. ldsrlnlfmoimd. (llo model.) l

end rods d keep the bott/om perfectly straight While being drawn together and prevent'the lbottrds a from springing et their joints.

f ere rods running lengthwise ot the bont,

end. which pass through the ends c. The ends of these rods nre thrended,nnd g nro nuts upon.' them, which beer egninst the ends of the bont.

@if open eeeh side of the boot, one 'neer the bottom and the other neer the top; but it will be understood that, elly-number `oit intermo diste rods' may berneedyif desired.

lThe sides ofthe .boat ere drewn tormrdg eeen other and. egainst the bottom. end ends nby nods h neer the bottom of the'boet, sind by rods t near its top, and by intermediste rods, if necessary. These rods ere furnished with nuts similar rods ci j". Y Y

The bottom boards a of the best project, some little distance beyond the sides b and have channelsout into them to receive the sides b, es shown in Fig. 2.

j are rods, the ends of/,whieh are bent over thetop of the sides b, sind which extend down along these sides end pese throughthe bottom boards ct. The lower ends of these rods are lin the drawings l have shown but two reds to to those upon .thelong'itudinel 7o;-

tliresded and furnished with. a. not 7c, which 8o beers against the bottom boards a. By moons of 'nut k and rod j the boards b, forming the 4sides of the bont, may be drawn together, in order to ineke tight joints to exclude the water.

in order to insure the joints between the several boards forming the boat being perfeotly watertight', they are covered, before being put togethenwith White teod, pitch, or some other similarend suitable substance, and, if necessary, a. packing of some fibrous material-for instance, cotton or oaku in-may also be placed between them.

The boat may be readily and quickly taken apart for purposes of lend transportation by unscrewing the nuts from the several rods which hold it together, and it may be easily and rapidly put together again.

A. igs l and 2, is a timber which runs lengthwise lof the Doet and which is bolted to the several boards forming the bottom. In .narrow boats this timber would not be neces- .i ser g but in broad ones it would be desirable,

as it would stiften the planks of the bottom. Unc or more of these timbers may be used, as the size of the boat and the thickness of plank ing might require.

In Fig. 2 I have shown the boat furnished with buoys B upon its sides, which are intended to increase the carrying capacity of the boat, as weil as its Stability. 'lhesebuoys may bc ot any desired length or thickness and are secured to the sides of the boat by straps GL D isa tilting table, which is hinged to one side of the boat by hinges E. This table has at its outside end raised sides F, which are furnished with pcrforations G. The tabie'is intended for use when the boat is beinf.r u'd as a tender for a dredgingmachine. The contents of the bucket are Iirst emptied upon the table andthe water runs of through the holes or is tilted and its contents are emptied into the boat.'

Having thus described my invention, l claiml. The herein-described separable boat, consistingof abottom constructed of tongue-and grgoved planks, in combnatim with ends and perforations G, ater which the table i sides, swbstantially as described, and rods and nuts by means of which the bottom, sides, and ends arc held together.

2. In a separableboat and in combination, the bottoni, sides, and ends formed of tongueand grooved planks and adapted to be ealked when put together, as described, and the longitudinal and transverse rods and nuts by means of which the several planks forming the boat are held Ain place, substantially as described.

3. In combination with the bottom planks a, end pieces c, and rods and nuts for drawing these planks and end pieces together, the screw eyes or staples d', secured to saidplanks a, and through which said rods p`ass,substan tially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. The combination, with a boat, of a tiltim,r table hinged to the sides of the boat and furnished with perforated raised sides 45' at its. outer end, as and for the purposes set forth..4

.JAMES ASPDEN. A'

Witnesses: v

CHAs. A. BU'HER, E. L. EDWARDS. 

